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  Uswah Shoaib 4 th Year MBBS   How to Balance Medical School and Extra-Curricular Activities Medical school is extremely demanding- emotionally and physically. There is always a test waiting around the corner but it does not mean you can’t juggle school requirements with outside interests. We all need an outlet and extracurricular activities provide it to us. They help to improve your mental health and time management skills and also look good on your CVs. Many of us plan or pursuing residency abroad and during interviews a lot of emphasis is laid on your co-curricular participation than your academic records. They can set you apart from other capable candidates. What sort of Extra Curricular Activities can I Do? Well, this really depends on what you are interested in. Music For me, my keyboard has been a great emotional outlet. During exam time whenever I got stressed (which will happen a lot in med school) I played my keyboard for a while which really he...

  • Background: Hello everyone. This is Hasan Alarouri, a Jordanian graduate of Jordan University of Science and Technology (2017). I started my dedicated preparation for Step 2 CK during my internship, and the total duration was around 15 months. Owing to how helpful this group had been during my preparation, and the rarity of experiences similar to mine (Step 2 CK prior to Step 1), I thought I’ll have to share my experience with you. • USMLE Scores: Step 1: not done yet Step 2 CK: 280 Step 2 CS: Passed • Self assessment scores: Free120: 96% (5 mistakes); 5 months prior to exam NBME 4: 6 mistakes (offline); 4 months prior to exam NBME 7: 13 mistakes (offline); 3 months prior to exam NBME 6: 5 mistakes (offline); 2.5 months prior to exam NBME 8: 279 (online; 8 mistakes); 2 months prior to exam UWSA1: 286 (10 mistakes); 1 month prior to exam UWSA2: 274 (15 mistakes); 2 weeks prior to exam • Preparation duration and hours studied each day: The total duration was 15. This was supposed...

  IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST BENEFICENT AND MERCIFUL      I recently got done with Step 2 CK exam & I want to elaborate my experience and the mistakes that I made during my prep so that any of my colleagues who are preparing for this exam might benefit from them. I wont go much in detail about how to prepare and where to prepare from since it is already highly debated on the forum and in the previous posts but would focus more on my personal experience and the bad choices which I made during the preparation phase. SELF-ASSESSMENTS AND QBANKS Uworld 74% Kaplan Qbank 69% Kaplan diagnostics  = 80% (70 days before exam) Kaplan Simulation Exam 1 = 71% (50 days before exam) Kaplan Simulation Exam 2 = 76%  (40 days before exam) Fred simulation for CK = 84% (39 days before exam) NBME 2 (offline) 21 mistakes (30 days before exam) NBME 4   =    263 (13 days before exam) UWSA  =  259 (2 days before exam) Real exam  =...

  Hello everyone, I recently took USMLE step 2 CK. I scored 270 Alhumdulillah! I am writing this article to share my USMLE step 2 CK experience. I am an international medical graduate from Pakistan. I took USMLE Step 2 CK after step 1. Doing step 1 before CK was definitely helpful. I will try to cover all the resources and details I went through during my preparation. I hope you find this article helpful. Assessments Uworld First round-  79.5% NBME 6 online-  271  (5 weeks left) Uworld Second round (40 percent)-  94.5% UWSA 1 online-  272  (4 weeks left) NBME 8 online-  252  (2 weeks left) NBME 7 online-  265  (1 week left) UWSA 2 online-  265  (2 days left) Real deal- 270  (November 26, 2019) Resources Uworld step 2 CK Uworld step 3 NBME CMS forms UpToDate NBMEs Online research First aid step 1 Amboss biostats I used UWORLD as a s o le resource. I was skeptical of using only Uworld initially. So I tried Step up to me...

  Hola Amigos, My name is Saad Javeed. I graduated MBBS from Sharif Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan in 2017. After graduation I moved to U.S. I received my USMLE Step 1 score a while ago, I scored 266 Alhumdulillah! I was an average student during medical school. Never though t  that I would be taking USMLEs. When I started my preparation, I didn’t even know that someone can cross 270’s in step 1. After finding out the experience of a guy who scored 276, I went into curiosity. How someone can get such a high score? Are they genius? Are they hard workers? That time I set my target and I wrote a note on my journal stated, “You, are getting 270s that’s it” Although I slacked a bit in my target score. Friends! honestly, everything is doable. No one is born genius, genius is 1% talent and 99% hard work. Hard work works in real life. Set your goals, determine yourself and never look back. Persistence and perfection in every aspect of life should be your new year’s resol...